"The death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 opened a new era in the history of Soviet law. Within a brief period during which the succession finally was settled on Nakita Khrushchev, Stalin's system of government and his approach were denounced by Khrushchev before a Congress of the Communist Party, and legal specialists took up their pens to implement the new policy. Since that time the legal scholars of the West have followed events to determine whether significant developments necessitate a re-evaluation of the nature and course of Soviet law."

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A guide to a range of evidential and procedural matters that trainees and newly-qualified lawyers enounter. The author identifies problem areas including: questioning techniques, eliciting evidence without leading, examination-in-chief, identification of hearsay evidence and advising on a plea.

An introduction to the acquisition of critical legal skills, exploring how problems can be analyzed and how concepts like justice or efficiency may be used to argue for reform. It is suitable not only for introductory or legal method courses but also for the development of legal skills.

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This practical volume provides detailed advice on the pros and cons of accepting salaried or equity partnership. Written by young solicitors who have recently become partners, it tells you what to ask, what to look for and what you can realistically expect when going into partnership.

Product Description: This book contains over 100 creative tips and strategies to market your practice.

This handy guide spells out objectives for each stage of defending. Checklists help achieve each objective and key topics provides useful reference material with specific actions.

Product Description: Written for both in-house counsel and the outside lawyers who serve them, this book provides a framework for building sustainable strategic productibity into law departments by redefining both internal and external roles.

The author, a veteran real estate lawyer, draws upon his years of experience as he explains each step in the commercial real estate process, offering suggestions on how to handle various stages of the deal as well as how to avoid the pitfalls that can kill it. While this book was written to meet the needs of the lawyer entering into the practice of real estate law, it also suggests new approaches and ways of solving problems to enhance the practice of more experienced attorneys.

"An important book for practicing and would-be lawyers and a healthy antidote for law-bashing laypersons." Booklist Transforming Practices explains how you can reconnect with the spiritual side of law practice and place more emphasis on your clients'­­and your own­­emotional and spiritual needs. Now includes a new foreword by Jan Schlichtmann, who attained national prominence with the release of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action, which later became a movie starring John Travolta.

Ensure your fees are processed quickly and efficiently with this handy new practical guide. Criminal Defence Service funding has been transformed from January 2008 introducing fixed fees for police station and crown court work. This means a new regime for claiming, new rules affecting remuneration and payment levels, and a series of codes for boundary areas and outcomes. "Fixed Fees in the Criminal Courts" provides you with: easy access to all the necessary guidance and codes for filling in Legal Services Commission (LSC) forms; all the fee tables in one book; and all the new Codes for courts and police stations. The author offers an invaluable overview of the procedures involved to help you understand the new criminal costs regime and expedite your fees. The book contains all the information you need to deliver bills for legally aided criminal cases in the police station, and magistrates' and Crown courts.